# Barwala Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Haryana & Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 February 2014 in Civil Writ Petition No. 28466 of 2013 (O&M), the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Augustine George Masih, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Post Barwala, Panchkula; Constable, Police Post Barwala, Panchkula.

- Register number: HR 03 CW 0003
- Case reference: Civil Writ Petition No. 28466 of 2013 (O&M)
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Augustine George Masih, J.), 19 February 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Post Barwala, Panchkula; Constable, Police Post Barwala, Panchkula
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The conclusion drawn by the punishment authority is fully justified as a police official, who has been found to have demanded and has been paid bribe, cannot be a fit person to be continued in service.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/46139803/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0002)

**Record:** CW-2014-0002 (compiler id CWC-0166); case HARYAN-012
**Title:** Barwala Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Haryana & Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Augustine George Masih
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Petition No. 28466 of 2013 (O&M)
**Judgment:** 2014-02-19 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2008-06-01 (2008)
**Place:** Panchkula, Haryana; city town: Barwala; police station or unit: Police Post Barwala; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Post Barwala, Panchkula; Constable, Police Post Barwala, Panchkula (2 in record)
**Victims:** Barwala man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld the dismissal of ASI, Incharge of Police Post Barwala, who with Constable attended the drowning death of Nepali labourer a Barwala man two-year-old son at Amit Poultry Farm, Barwala. The Court found he brokered a Rs 60,000 compromise instead of taking legal action, pocketed Rs 25,000 as expenditure, gave Rs 2,000 to the constable, and got the child cremated without post-mortem, with the farm owner enquiry statement proving demand and acceptance of bribe. SP Panchkula dismissed him on 19 August 2008, affirmed on appeal, revision and mercy petition. The Court held a police official found demanding and accepting bribe is unfit to continue in service and dismissed the writ. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The conclusion drawn by the punishment authority is fully justified as a police official, who has been found to have demanded and has been paid bribe, cannot be a fit person to be continued in service.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/46139803/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Barwala Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Haryana & Others
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-19', 'scope': 'Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass', 'method': 'skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)', 'result': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2014-02-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Punjab and Haryana High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'Civil Writ Petition No. 28466 of 2013 (O&M)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/46139803/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** P&H HC judgment verified; ASI dismissal for bribe-taking upheld, writ dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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